Acoura (subgenus of Cobites) Swainson [W.] 1839:310 Fem. Cobites (Acoura) obscura Swainson 1839 (= Cobitis savona Hamilton 1822). Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Swain 1882:281 [ref. 5966]. Spelled Acourus on p. 190 and 436. Jordan 1919:204 [ref. 2410] gave precedence to Acoura. Acura Agassiz 1846:5 [ref. 64] is an unjustified emendation. Swainson's obscura an unneeded replacement for savona Hamilton by indication to Hamilton 1822:357, No. 9 [ref. 2031]. Genus should have been Cobitis. Jordan 1919:204 [ref. 2410] noted precedence of Schistura over Acoura. •Synonym of Schistura McClelland 1838 -- (Bănărescu & Nalbant 1968:333 [ref. 6554], Zhu 1989:38 [ref. 17744], Kottelat 1990:21 [ref. 14137], Kottelat 2012:104 [ref. 32367], Kottelat 2013:203 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:131 [ref. 34477]). •Valid as Acoura Swainson 1839 -- (Bohlen et al. 2026:9 [ref. 42764]). Current status: Valid as Acoura Swainson 1839. Nemacheilidae.